Greenhouse eave bracket



Nov. 2, 1943. K. w. WEEBER GREENHOUSE EAVE BRACKET Filed Dec. 28, 1942FIG. 2.

K ARL WILLIA M WEEBER Patented Nov. 2, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEGREENHOUSE EAVE BRACKET Karl William Weeber, Minneapolis, Minn.

Application December 28, 1942, Serial No. 470,420

7 Claims.

This invention relates to an eave bracket for greenhouses and buildingsof like character where it is desired to provide a building constructionwith the eaves made of arcuated glass so as to emit more light into thegreenhouse.

A feature resides in providing an iron bracket having an arcuateformation so that the eave glass may be similarly formed and adapted torest on arcuate shoulders. The bracket has a projecting arcuate ribwhich conforms with the rib formed on the wooden roof and side bars ofthe building and when the wood and side bars are in position connectedto the bracket, the ribs of the rails join the rib of the brackettangentially.

It is also a feature to provide an iron or similarly formed eave bracketfor greenhouses and buildings of like character, wherein sockets areformed in the ends of the same for receiving the wooden roof rails andside rails and to provide means for securing the rails to the bracket.

It is a feature to provide the eave bracket formed of a single piece ofiron or steel or similar material of non-metallic material which isadapted to be adjustably secured to the purline rail which may be in theform of a pipe so that the eave brackets may be spaced the desireddistance along the purline pipe rail. The eave brackets are adapted tobe spaced virtually the width of the glass apart along the purline rail.I provide a set screw threaded in a flange formed on the bracket whichextends over the pipe purline rail. This set screw secures the eavebracket in adjusted position.

It is a further feature to provide an eave bracket which is formed withwater gutters on either side of the same which are positioned below theshoulders which support the edges of the cave glass. By means of thewater gutters any moisture condensation which collects on the woodenroof rails or on the inside of the glass may readily drain down into thewater gutters formed in the bracket and be carried off away from thewooden rails and the glass. Thus I provide water drains on either sideof the bracket which are positioned and extend under the shoulders whichsupport the glass.

The glass is supported extending over the eave bracket resting on puttyso as to cushion the edges of the glass and seal the joint between theglass and the cave bracket.

The features of my eave bracket will be more fully and clearlyhereinafter set forth.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one of my eave brackets.

Fig. 2 is a side sectional view extending longi tudinally through thebracket.

Fig. 3 is a perspective detail showing the manner of use of my bracket.

Fig. 4 is a side elevational section through the glass and purline railof the building, using my eave bracket.

The eave bracket A is formed of a single-piece metal casting. Thebracket A may also be formed of non-metallic material, such as plasticor other material which is suitably adapted to provide an eave bracketfor a building. The bracket A is formed with an arcuated hollow bodyportion III from which projects the arcuated rib II. The rib II conformswith the ribs I2 formed on the wooden roof rail I3 and the wooden siderail I4.

The ends of the bracket A are formed with socket portions I5 and I6which are adapted to receive the ends of the wooden rails I3 and I4,respectively, and by means of the screws II wooden rails I3 and I4 maybe secured to the bracket A.

On either side of the arcuate rib I I the bracket A is formed witharcuated shoulders I8 which are adapted to support the edges of thearcuately formed eave glass I9. The edges of the glass I9, as well asthe roof and side wall glass plates 20 are adapted to be cushioned andsealed by putty or any suitable sealing means along the ribs II and I2to give a tight joint as well as a cushioning means for the edges of theglass.

Further, I provide nails 2| for holding the glass in place, which nailsare driveninto the wooden ribs I2 and which act to hold the plates ofglass in proper overlapped relation as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4.

The bracket A is formed with a concave sur face 22 and a dependingflange 23 which fits over the pipe purline rail 24. By means of the setscrew 25 which is threaded into the flange 23, the bracket A is adaptedto be secured in adjusted position on the purline rail 24.

Directly beneath the shoulders I8 for the edges of the glass I providearcuately extending gutters 26 on either side of the bracket A. Thesegutters 26 act to drain and collect the condensation of any moisturewhich forms on the inside of the glass panes I9 and 20 and on the railsI3 and I4, and thus the moisture is carried away from the bracket A andthe joints between the rails I3 and I 4. This tends to keep the jointswith the bracket A dry, and helps to overcome the rotting of woodenrails where they join the eave bracket A.

It will be apparent that my eave bracket A is of a simple, one-piececonstruction forming a neat appearing eave bracket for the roof and siderails and providing a construction for a building such as a greenhouse,where the eaves may be round instead of angular, and thus providing asmooth joint at the eaves as well as providing a building constructionWhere all the light possible may pass through the eaves of the building.This construction is importantina greenhouse asit overcomes shadows inthe greenhouse from the caves and with my bracket a simplifiedconstruction is provided. The bracket A may be adjusted into thedesiredposition and purline rails may beziiormed.

of pipe, thereby providing a strong and attractively formed buildingconstruct-ion-- Which= 1s"pa-r-- ticularly adapted to greenhouses Iclaim:

1. A greenhouse eave bracket comprising an iron. body, a socketforreceiving. the wooden. roof bar, a socket for receiving the woodenside-bar, means for securingsaid-roof andside bars-tosaid bracket,shoulders oneach side of saidbraoketnnwhich the edge ofthe. eave-glass.is adapted. to rest, water grooves formed. in the. sides ofsaid. bracketextending. along. underv said. shoulder grooves for. draining thecondensate which collects on the inside of the eave glass, anda.cla1np.- ing means for attaching. said bracket. to, thepurline pipe,at the. eaves..

2.. Agreenhouse. eavebracket including. an. iron body havingan.arcuatediormatioir, a socket at each end of said bracketlfor.receivingthe-wooden roof and side bars, means. for securing-said. roofand-side; bars tov said.br.acket,.shoulders on each;

side oisaid bracket. onwhich-theedgeoi. the are cuated eave glassisadapted to rest,.a-,centra=l arcuated projecting outer. rib conformingwiththe projectingrib of the roof and side bars and ex-- tending in linetherewith, condensate water grooves extending along. under saidshouldersformed insaid bracket, and meansaengagingiover the purline barto which said bracket is attached.

3-. A greenhouseeave bracket includinggam arcuated;body-portion,,socketmeans formedtin the ends. of. said bracket: for receiving the woodenroof. and side bars-theends of; which aresecuredtosaid bracket, arcuatedshoulders oneither-side of said bracket for receiving, the. edge of the:arcuated eave glass, and means) forsecuring said.

bracket to the purline pipe means whereby a series of said brackets maybe spaced along the purline pipe to support the roof and side bars andthe edges of the arcuated eaves glass of the greenhouse.

4. An eave bracket for greenhouses having an arcuated formation,arcuated shoulders formed on either side of said bracket for supportingthe edges of an arcuated eaves glass, means for securing saichbracket tothe purllne. ban pipe means, andmeans for supporting wooden roof andside bar rails with their outer edge tangential to the a-rcuated outersurface of said eave bracket.

5i Am: eave.- bracket for greenhouses and the like, adapted to provide abuilding construction wheremthe eavesof the building may be formedsaidbracketadapted tar-conform. with the sham] ders on eithersideoftherooI and.side.rail..,bars which, are ad'apted...t'o. supportthe. edges-pf. the greenhouse. glass, and. means. for. holding. thegreenhouse glass. inplace .witbthe adjoining-edges thereof 'overlapping'to form a water drain surface over. the outside. oi. the. glass.

'7; An. eave. bracketfor greenhouses and. the like, having, an arcnated.formation, sockets: formediinthe end..of. said bracket.or receiving thewood'emrnoi and. sides rails. 05. the building; means: for securing the.sidemailatosaid. bracket, a pipe purlinebar for. supporting said.braclmt, means ad'j'ustahl'y securing, saidmracket-td said pipe purline,actuated eave.- gi'ass, means: forrsecuring. said. arcuatedeaye glass.with. the: edges restingon. shoulders formed or bracket; and Watergutters. formedi inthe sides of. said bracket.

' b'eneathsaid; glass. receivinashoulders-.adapted.to

a glass.

KARL WEEBEB;

